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Publication Lea (1865): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Lea, I. 1865. Descriptions of three new species of exotic uniones. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 17: 75-76. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio rufofuscus Lea, 1865
Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 17: 76.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 282, pl. 39, fig. 96.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84101, [no locality available - South America].

Unio tortuosus Lea, 1865
Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 17: 76.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 286, pl. 39, fig. 98.

Unio wrightii Lea, 1865
Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 17: 75.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 283, pl. 39, fig. 97.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84129, China.

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